ECON 322 - Financial Markets and Risk Management

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Term: Fall 2014
Instructor: Robert J. McKeown
Office: Dunning Hall 317
Phone: 613-533-2268
Office Hours: Tuesdays 11:30 - 12:30pm and Thursdays 11:30 - 12:30pm

TA: Ihsan Kohistani
Office: Mackintosh-Corry Hall A504
Office Hours: Wednesdays 5:00-6:00pm

TA: Jennifer Yu-Tin Tsao
Office: Mackintosh-Corry Hall A509
Office Hours: Mondays 5:00-6:00pm

The course outline and reading List is available here.

Tutorials:
Monday 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Location: Dunning 27
Wednesday 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Location: Dunning 27

Announcements:

The Midterm Hint Sheet is available! You can find it here

The Final Exam Hint Sheet is available! You can find it here

The first assignment can be found here.

The second assignment can be found here.

Exercise Sheets:
September 22: Homework Exercise #1
September 29: Homework Exercise #2
October 6: Homework Exercise #3
October 13: Assignment 1
October 20: Homework Exercise #5
October 27: Homework Exercise #6
November 3: There is no tutorial or homework this week. Enjoy!
November 10: Homework Exercise #7
November 17: The TAs will be available to answer questions regarding assignment 2.
November 24: Homework Exercise #9

Still looking for a career after graduation?? Here is a list of positions QED undergraduates have found which require the skills and tools taught in this course (this link has been fixed).

Additional Reading:
This paper helps explain the efficient market hypothesis and how it differs from the Random Walk hypothesis: The Efficient Markets Hypothesis: The Demise of the Demon of Chance?

The notes on behavioural economics are here.

The notes on the efficient market hypothesis are here.

Links:
Warren Buffet endorses Vanguard passive management index fund
Decline in Sell-side equity research
Andrew Smithers on long-term investing and the benefits of diversifed equity portfolios
Andrew Coyne argues active management at the Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board is a scam
An article by someone who does not understand diversification or the efficient market hypothesis
Management fees destroy future wealth